Rolling Flash Crystal Opal From $50 Lightning Ridge Parcel. Dremel Carve And Polish.

[@advenzures]

Great video. Thank you for sharing with us 🤝🤝🤝

[@RoysRocks]

No worries. Plenty more to come bigger and better. 👌

[@Famo59]

Well done on working on a very difficult piece of Opal. Cheers Famo59 👍🍻🤓⛏

[@RoysRocks]

They always put up a fight be we just gotta come out on top.

[@kenoathiog1156]

Wow- great work again! I look forward to seeing it up close! Cheers Roy 👍

[@RoysRocks]

She can look dull on some angle but on others its pretty flashy.

[@kenoathiog1156]

@@RoysRocks and yeah- oops I did it again (like Britney)- and, yeah not great. Definitely the last time with that seller. Anyway, it will be my education until I progress to handling some better material confidently. Cheers 👍

[@kenoathiog1156]

@@RoysRocks and maybe directional, but that gold is awesome!

[@RoysRocks]

@@kenoathiog1156 Gold is strong. Blue is harder to get and the green comes up okay. Guess we can meet up again and I can say goodbye to this batch.

[@EvelynPic]

Wow! Such a beautiful stone!

[@RoysRocks]

In the right position it is. I wish it was a little less directional.

[@AI3Dorinte]

looks beautiful!

[@RoysRocks]

Thanks. The stone tries its best and I always wish they were better in the end.

[@AI3Dorinte]

@@RoysRocks isn't there a way to cast the base in some resin or something that would make it stronger and not crack? It's a real shame to lose such a pretty little gem.

[@RoysRocks]

@@AI3Dorinte Yeah could resin stabilise or remove the unstable stuff and replace it with a solid backing. A black backing is probably the wiser of the two options.

[@AI3Dorinte]

@@RoysRocks and would also make the stone look better, cool, please post the finished product if you intend to work on it :)

[@redeyestones3738]

If nothing else, it could make a decent wire wrap ring. Wire wrap seems a good choice for uneven shaped stones.

[@RoysRocks]

True wire wrap can get around most things... If you are good at it. I'd be no chance 🤣

[@redeyestones3738]

@@RoysRocks practice is the only thing that'll help that. 😆 I have to get better at it myself. I still haven't made any worth posting the videos I've taken. 😆

[@EdWolfram]

I would have probably started with the black nova for the shaping. The chips have me a bit weary with the diamond burs. A great little stone. Thanks for the video Roy.

[@RoysRocks]

The stone didn't chip and rarely does with a 600 sintered. The issue with starting at a Nova is often you'll end up destroying the burr and here they are not cheap.

[@jmaros15]

It turned out pretty good.

[@RoysRocks]

Yeah not bad I always end up wishing for more.

[@chaffel3]

Would make a nice pendant since everyone's eyes will be at the perfect angle to see the color!

[@RoysRocks]

Yeah and the movement of a pendant really helps out with broad flash stones. ✨👍

[@joshualang7783]

Mate can I purchase bits from you ? I do not know how to find 80 grit 280-500 basically I need different grit sintered bits and novas . Could you help me out. I search online but I seem to not know what I’m looking for hahaa

[@RoysRocks]

Yeah depending on where you are in the world either I can supply them or know somewhere local for you to get a hold of them.

[@joshualang7783]

@@RoysRocks based in USA Michigan

[@RoysRocks]

@@joshualang7783 Ah if you are in the USA you are in luck. SUVA lapidary will save you heaps in postage. They gave me some links let me find them... Diamond Pacific Nova Points: suvalapidary.com/products/diamond-pacific-nova-points? All carving burs: suvalapidary.com/collections/lapidary-carving-burs? Sintered bur kit: suvalapidary.com/products/bur-kits?variant=39742638817354&

[@bentationfunkiloglio]

Gaining experience with this type of problem solving is a benefit that comes with working through $50 parcels, IMHO. I can't spend hundreds of dollars on expensive parcels. However, this doesn't mean that I can't cut nice gems. Just have to work harder/smarter to extract them from gamble-quality rough stones. The fun is in the hunt, IMHO!

[@RoysRocks]

You are spot on. You can learn a lot and have a lot of fun with the cheaper material.

[@drfill9210]

I've noticed that people come to the same conclusions independently... Sometimes I carve a large back into a shape similar to a dop stick... I'm betting experience standardises what we do

[@drfill9210]

Fyi I suppose it isn't cheating to add some epoxy to the back to stabilise it. Just weigh the stone first?

[@RoysRocks]

Adding epoxy is alright just becomes a treated stone. I think I'd rather take the full backing away and doublet.

[@JonahVex]

There's bezel material with thin "prongs" on it kinda like a crown and you fold them down individually might be worth a look if you want the website let me know I can post it below... otherwise I dont want to advertise some random company on your channel lol

[@RoysRocks]

Ah yeah thats a really good idea! I have seen those kind of settings but can't think of the name for them... seems to be called crown edge or crown bezel. Genius idea.

[@nancycurtis3230]

Perhaps it could be used in an art type piece. Resin set? Sacrilege, I know, but........... (don't shoot me, please!) Lol.

[@RoysRocks]

I'll talk to KG about it but I think to set you'll have to remove the backing and doublet or resin reinforce.

[@mickcarson8504]

Show me a $50 dollar piece and I'll buy it. It's probably a piece of shell of which I have plenty here.

[@RoysRocks]

I dont sell opal but there are plenty of sellers listed on the channel that can suit any budget.

[@mickcarson8504]

Show me a $50 dollar piece and I'll buy it. It's probably a piece of shell of which I have plenty.

[@RoysRocks]

Oh and on places like opal auctions you can filter for a price range which is another good option if you have a $50 budget.